@sol: "RBB,
your posts are not coming through on the server I have to use to 
respond. They're there on the server I can only read from ... and I 
refuse to use Googlegroups.
I got a polka dot top yesterday. Ready to transport whenever you are.
Beam me up, dearie."
    @sol: "<quote>
You must be very proud.
Not even polka dot bikini briefs? Polka dot socks? Polka dot tie? What
about a cool polka dot cap?
You're no fun. One of our friends loves paisly and he's a sweet,  gentle,
fun guy.
Your choice. I don't like what I see, and it's only getting worse. This is
Devolution at an accelerated pace. Most of the world worships at the altar
of $$$$$$. Not everyone is rich, but the vast majority have bought into
the religion of consumerism. Spend, spend, spend, live the king or queen
you deserve to be. When you've racked up more money on your credit cards
than you could hope to earn in a liftetime, declare bankrupcy. Clear the
slate and start again. More and more people are going this way, especially
in the States. They now have mortgages amortized over 40 or 50 years. Oh
how sweet the profits to the lender! Those people are paying for the house
10 times over.
But never fear, there is always Circus Maximus to entertain you. See the
poor devastated family on Extreme Makeover getting a million dollar home,
because they are so darn deserving. I don't know why they don't call it
American Extreme Makeover. I guess the show started before the patriotic
trend to name all new shows American something or other. I guess they
think it builds pride and boosts morale. What the country needs right now.
Something to hold the audience's attention while the advertisers sell,
sell, sell ... and the consumers buy, buy, buy with money they don't have
to get a fix for their spending addiction.
The high priests of the world religion of consumerism, the coporate giants
on Mount Olympus, only have one purpose. To make expontentially more
profit. The Cult of Profit rulez the world.
Governments do not listen to their constituents. They act as if they know
what's best for us, but it's actually whatever is best for them. That's
what happens when financial titans run countries. More and more,
democracies resemble banana republics run by thugs in suits.
The chasm between the rich and the poor continues to widen, and in the
West, the poor overspend in a bid to live the lifestyles of the sick and
shameless, and in the process  they  make the rich even richer. Blech.
I hate monopolies. They destroy whatever they're parasitizing. The trend
in big business has been monopolies, and it's getting down to very few
players worldwide. They can do whatever the funk they want. That's scary.
The collective is getting uglier.
I like the polka dot universe much better.
So there!
Heh. The photo would only be visible in the polka dot universe. You'd have
to be there to see it."
    @sol: "<quote>
The Polka Dot Universe is so amusing.
I prefer it because I'm fed up with suffering for the sins of the world. Every
saint has their limit. Screw the collective.
All I ask is to be entertained. Is that asking too much? Is it?"
    @sol: "<quote>
Too busy.
I'm feeling it. Fingers crossed. Bases are covered.
He's prob about 3,000 km west of here.
Tell him I said hi. :)"
    @Frequency: "<quote>
Does old and crotchety fit in anywhere.
The fear of ones own mortality projected.
When you two are dead-I mean deader than you are now.
Go to the unexplained point of mystery in your spherical time.
Tell the little mystery to approach and open the letter it carries.
You know what day-now as point in sphere..... I'm talking about.
To qoute Jeremy " It never to late to face the truth"
Free will is for everyone not just the "special people".
Can't make an egg without breakng a few omelletes
Hopefully the new agey style retirement home has web TV.
The Original "G"
Episode 67 The Dream Sequence
Viva The Dreamers"
    @Frequency: "<quote>
Somebody was pretending to be you.
I said echoing you from winter 2004-2005 Tsunami Timeshift
"What about 'loyalty to your species'...?"
Your echo code of me in reply was supposed to be...
"What about  'the good of the whole of the al'l'....."
The poser as player started reciting data. aka "tagged & bagged" as a pity play.
Then came back an hour later as another discussion associate and were blocked
from further pings.
I have a post I'm compiling that is brief accurate & amusing.
I'm leaving out the unposted censored stuff as they tried to mimic you.
The icon "Abbacus Flinched" was a little six tier message from q-infofield"
    @Tweakage: "<quote>
Arghhhhhhhhh. Why did I mention paisley.
One 8 yr old in paisly and "desert boots" coming up.
Arghhhhhhhhh. Arghhhhhhhhh
I wasn't a real hippie.
I was drafted into the Hippie Youth Core."
    @sol: "<quote>
No. I have a recording of me singing 16 Tons when I was about 8 or 9, and then the next after that is about 15 years later. I mostly
used the reel to reel for feedback, to improve my singing and playing. Also used it as Karaoke machine. I'd record a song in mono on
track one, and record myself singing along on track 2. I learned to sing with the best of them!
Depends on what you want. I like Penticton. It's just east of the mountains and has the mildest winter in Canada, lots of sunshine, very
warm in the summer and it's on Lake Okanagan, which allegedly has a Nessielike thing called Ogopogo. Lake Okanagan is not just
beautiful, but is a huge fruit growing area for cherries, peaches, apples etc. Beautiful, clean, safe. The only drawback is that it's a
bit provincial if you're a city slicker. The last time I was there, there was one good Italian restaurant ... and it wasn't that good.
But it's relatively close to other towns and cities.
Victoria, on Vancouver Island, is quaint as all get out ... plus there's staggeringly beautiful scenery all over the island ... and
whale watching. It has a mild climate year round, but isn't generally as hot as Penticton in the summer. It's seen more crime in recent
years, but the rate isn't as bad as Vancouver's. Good restaurants.
Then there are really quaint places such as Qualicum Beach, on Vancouver Island, which is close to a city called Nanaimo (after which
the Nanaimo Bar was named), which doesn't seem to be quite as provincial as Penticton.
There's also Salt Spring Island. It's home to lots of artists and naturalist types. The ferry service is pretty good. The natural beauty
is astonishing. There are doubtless several health food stores and organic markets.
Vancouver has a lot going for it, as big cities go, but it does have a high crime rate (for Canada) and other urban type problems. Oddly
enough, the crime rate in BC is higher than in Ontario, which has the highest  population of any province and the most major cities.
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This is what happens when the Canadian equivalent of a Neocon is Prime Minister. We have to dump the guy. We WILL dump the guy.
They're already doing that. But that doesn't constitute watching TV. They're splitting their attention. If it went away and was replaced
by longform ads, they'd never know the difference.
Yeah, I think I even posted to that thread.
Tell me about it! Our CD player broke ... again. It was a five disc player, and we can't find a replacement. All the ones in the stores
are CD/DVD combos which we don't need. I'm going through cataglogs now. Each of the majors now makes only one or two models of plain old
CD players. We have to get one before they stop making them altogether.
You bet. But be careful you don't get sucked into the giant polka dot!
Trad folk tunes, but also Joan Baez, Ian and Syliva, Dylan, and Gordon Lightfoot. I was also writing folkie tunes as soon as I knew 3
chords. When I learned a few minor chords, I had it made. Later on, I rigged up a harmonica ... I made a holder out of a coat hanger
...  so I could play that at the same time as the guitar.
Ether"
    @sol: "<quote>
Not until now ...
Well..... where is it? Let's see it! I had desert boots too. Light blue ones. They were cool,
and comfortable.
Somebody had to do it. :-)"
    @LOI: "<quote>
I'll order a scanner.
The old one is in the closet for good reason.
G.O.Dynamics help the turdbrains that aren't trans-ported
over to the new systems and expansion pack-ages by 01-01-2008.
The consolidated hy-bid was processed thru 01-01-2001.
So we can torment each other in multiple locals :-0
Every religion color creed and government stood down
and transfered power to the new machinary only the super
loser rogue independents were stupid enough not to switch.
It takes all kinds I suppose to make a dream machine. Sigh :-)
I'll scan in my first mini reel to reel too."
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